The future of Les Bleus manager Laurent Blanc has not been settled as FFF wants Euros to end before making a decision. However, a meeting has already been scheduled between the president and the coach
On June 11, 2012, France national team will kick-off their Euro 2012 campaign by facing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk. The meeting between the two sides promises to be an exciting affair which is why Les Bleus are preparing slowly.
Before the tournament officially begins, France is certainly getting stronger while training at the Clairefontaine. Laurent Blanc and his staff are gradually putting their plans in place, with the main objective to finalise the list of 23 players who will be in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 next month.
Though the tournament has priority status, the future of manager Laurent Blanc is of equal importance. The former Manchester United man is yet to be offered a contract extension and will be free once the Euros are over.
Earlier on, it was reported that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 Football Federation president, Noel Le Graet was unwilling to offer the manager a new deal. The two men have had a feisty relationship in recent months and Graet in particular is not so keen on having Blanc at the Helm any longer.
However, Le Graet has been under a lot of pressure to sit down and hold talks with Laurent Blanc about his future. Noel Le Graet, anxious not to go back to the past when former manager, Raymond Domenech was able to negotiate a severance fees after the fiasco of Knysna when the whole French national team decided to walk out on a training session back in the 2010 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
Le Graet wants to avoid such a scenario happening again and is thus reluctant to offer Blanc a new contract.
However, under the guidance of Laurent Blanc, Les Bleus have lost just two games which goes on to show how far the French national team has come in recent months.
A team that was left in tatters after a poor World Cup, is rejuvenated under Blanc so keeping the former World Cup winner should also be of paramount importance for the FFF.
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